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Nearly 1 Million 1.1 Million 971,100 $863 Million SOMALIA - COMPLEX EMERGENCY FACT SHEET #3, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2015 MAY 19, 2015 NUMBERS AT USAID/OFDA1 FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS A GLANCE BY SECTOR IN FY 2015 Al-Shabaab attacks continue to target 6% civilians, humanitarian workers, and Nearly 14% government officials 36% Nearly 1 million Somalis are experiencing acute food insecurity, with conditions 1 million 19% Somalis Experiencing Crisis projected to deteriorate in some areas of or Emergency Levels of southern Somalia through June 25% Acute Food Insecurity April-to-July gu rains are likely to improve USAID-Funded Famine Early Health (36%) Warning Systems Network pasture, water availability in parts of Humanitarian Coordination & Info Management (25%) (FEWS NET) – April 2015 northern Somalia Agriculture & Food Security (19%) Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (14%) HUMANITARIAN FUNDING 1.1 Protection (6%) TO SOMALIA TO DATE IN FY 2015 million USAID/OFDA $8,737,696 USAID/FFP FUNDING USAID/FFP2 $62,614,200 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Somalia State/PRM3 $22,950,000 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees 84% 16% (UNHCR) – April 2015 $94,301,896 TOTAL USAID AND STATE U.S. In-Kind Food Aid Cash Transfers for Food ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA 971,100 Somali Refugees in Neighboring Countries KEY DEVELOPMENTS UNHCR – May 2015 The security situation remains volatile in parts of Somalia, as al-Shabaab militants continue to conduct armed attacks on civilians, humanitarian personnel, and Federal $863 Government of Somalia (FGoS) officials. On April 20, al-Shabaab detonated explosives near a van operated by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nugal Region’s Garowe million town, resulting in six deaths and injuring nine persons. Funding Requested for the FEWS NET released an April-to-September food security outlook for Somalia in late 2015 Strategic Response April, reporting that nearly 1 million Somalis are experiencing Crisis or Emergency—IPC Plan (SRP) in Somalia 3 and 4—levels of food insecurity.4 Limited household cereal stocks, above-average food UN – May 2015 prices, and heightened insecurity are expected to result in a deterioration of food security in some parts of south-central Somalia over the coming months. To date in FY 2015, the U.S. Government (USG) has provided more than $94 million in humanitarian assistance to assist conflict-affected and other vulnerable populations in Somalia. 1 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) 2 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) 4 The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardized tool that aims to classify the severity and magnitude of food insecurity. The IPC scale, which is comparable across countries, ranges from Minimal—IPC I—to Famine—IPC 5. 1 INSECURITY, DISPLACEMENT, AND HUMANITARIAN ACCESS Insecurity affecting humanitarian access persists across Somalia. Armed actors conducted more than 340 violent incidents—targeting civilians and humanitarian personnel—between March 1 and April 20, according to the UN. On April 20, al-Shabaab detonated explosives near a UNICEF van in Garowe, killing six people and injuring nine others. Al-Shabaab members also conducted multiple attacks in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu during March and April, resulting in at least 36 deaths, including the death of Somalia’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Yusuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari. Fighting between armed groups and the Somalia National Army (SNA) in Galgadud Region’s Guri Ceel town displaced at least 63,000 people—approximately 90 percent of the town’s estimated population of 70,000 people—in early February, the UN reports. As of mid-March, approximately 60 percent of IDPs had returned to Guri Ceel. Needs assessments conducted by relief actors in early and mid-March indicated that shelter support, relief commodities, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) assistance are priority needs among those who were unable to return home. Surveyed IDPs also expressed ongoing concerns regarding protection issues, including gender-based violence, involvement of children in armed conflict, and family separation. Relief agencies have distributed WASH kits to 1,500 families, provided two-month unconditional cash transfers to 300 households, and supplied basic household items to 550 families. UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres traveled to Somalia on May 9 and met with key FGoS officials— including President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke—to discuss the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya. The High Commissioner also met with regional leaders in Lower Juba Region’s Kismayo town to discuss scaling up voluntary returns. To date, since the November 2013 Tripartite Agreement, signed by UNHCR, FGoS, and the Government of Kenya (GoK), approximately 2,000 Somali refugees have returned from Kenya to three south central districts in Somalia—Baidoa, Kismayo, and Luuq. State/PRM is providing nearly $61 million to support UNHCR’s protection and assistance programs for refugees and IDPs in Kenya and Somalia. Above-average April rainfall in eastern Ethiopia and south-central Somalia resulted in flooding along the Juba and Shabelle rivers, displacing approximately 16,500 people and damaging an estimated 6,600 hectares of crops in Buur Hakaba town, Bay Region; Galkacyo town, Mudug Region; Jowhar town, Middle Shabelle Region; and Lower Shabelle Region’s Sablaale and Wanla Weyne towns. In response, humanitarian organizations delivered 7,000 sand bags to prevent further breaches of the river embankments, while providing 1,100 hygiene kits and assisting with the decontamination of flood-affected areas. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY The April-to-September FEWS NET food security outlook for Somalia reports that nearly 1 million Somalis are experiencing Crisis and Emergency levels of food insecurity. Agro-pastoral areas of southern Somalia that experienced a below-average January/February deyr harvest are likely to experience Crisis level food insecurity during the April-to- June lean season, while food security in riverine livelihoods zones in Lower Juba and Middle Juba regions is likely to deteriorate between May and June. FEWS NET attributes this forecast to reduced cereal availability following a below- average off-season harvest in March, and reduced agricultural labor income likely caused by river flooding in April and May. Average-to-below-average gu rains between April and July will likely improve food security in northern Somalia through September, increasing livestock production and improving water availability and pasture quality. In parts of Bakool and Hiran regions, al-Shabaab blockades and ongoing conflict between al-Shabaab militants and SNA–African Union Mission in Somalia forces have disrupted trade and reduced transportation access and labor opportunities. As a result, the most vulnerable households in the area will likely experience Emergency level food insecurity through September, according to FEWS NET. In mid-March, USAID/FFP provided approximately 14,440 metric tons (MT) of in-kind food commodities, valued at approximately $25 million, to the UN World Food Program (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation in Somalia. Continued USAID/FFP funding enables WFP to assist vulnerable populations through general food distributions, hot meals, food-for-assets and food-for-training activities, targeted and blanket supplementary feeding, 2 school meals, and mother and child health interventions for the remainder of 2015. To date in FY 2015, USAID/FFP has provided approximately $62.6 million to partners implementing emergency food assistance in Somalia. NUTRITION AND HEALTH An April 2015 nutrition assessment in Bulo Burte, Hiran, by the Somalia Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) indicated significant malnutrition and food insecurity among community members. According to the assessment, the global acute malnutrition prevalence in the town was approximately 33 percent among children under the age of five, with severe acute malnutrition prevalence at approximately 19 percent—exceeding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) emergency thresholds of 15 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Analysts expect an additional 9,000 Bulo Burte residents to experience Emergency level food insecurity through June 2015, FSNAU reports. Between January and April, health actors reported more than 1,200 suspected measles cases, of which approximately 77 percent were from south-central Somalia, according to the UN. In 2014, health actors in Somalia reported more than 10,200 suspected measles cases in Somalia—approximately 3,400 cases every four months. In February, UNICEF vaccinated more than 5,600 children under 15 years of age against measles. On April 18, USAID/FFP partner WFP launched an effort to deliver sustained food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations in Bulo Burte and neighboring areas. Through a local partner, WFP plans to deliver 120 MT of food assistance and nutritional commodities to approximately 12,000 people between April and June. Due to ongoing road transportation constraints, WFP is utilizing helicopters for food assistance activities. PROTECTION AND LIVELIHOODS On April 7, the GoK suspended the licenses of 13 Kenyan financial firms that provide cash transfer services to Somali populations in East Africa, according to the UN. Remittances from the Somali diaspora provide essential funds to many communities in Somalia,
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